EP24 MadeByHarry | Why NIGHT is Prime Time for Music Producers

[01:00:04:23 - 01:00:20:00] said it, the look on your face, everything about the delivery, was top notch. That was gangsta. Now do a song on that now. No. No, I'm not even joking. Say it again. What was it? In order to be successful, you need to be constant.

[01:00:20:00 - 01:00:33:09] is the best time for you to make music? Oh my God. At night. Would you say at night? As a beatmaker, all beatmakers will agree with me. Night is... We're actually... Night is primetime. We're all badlands. Yeah. We live at night.

[01:00:34:23 - 01:00:41:03] Night is the best. That's good. You're focused, you're in your mood. Yeah. I mean, night for me is the best. Is the best thing.

[01:00:42:08 - 01:00:54:19] You guys should make a beat on that. Yo, make a beat on that. I was actually thinking about that, bro. Yo, do you have the stems of that? I mean, do you have the audio? Can you send me the audio? I'll send you the audio. Make a beat on that. Let's go. Let's make a beat. I don't know.

[01:00:54:19 - 01:00:55:18] Bitch,

[01:00:55:18 - 01:00:56:22] I don't know.

[01:00:58:01 - 01:00:59:14] Huh? I think we got something. I think we got

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[01:01:25:07 - 01:01:49:16] Welcome back to another episode of the Lexus Star Show. We are feeling good today. I got a new outfit for my Sheen order, and I got a friend representing the 514, okay? That is Montreal, for those of you who don't know. He escaped the storm. He escaped the storm, and he is in Miami, Florida today, joining us on the podcast.

[01:01:49:16 - 01:01:52:20] He is a DJ, producer, and a beat

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[01:02:05:00 - 01:02:55:06] Another Canadian on the pond. Yes. So happy to have you here. Thank you so much, though. We met unexpectedly. Yeah. Like we met Najove and Medilandia at Tonya Skitz's party, and then we kept in contact, so now you're here. Tell us how you're feeling today. Doing great, though. Thank you so much. Everything is good. We're in Miami. Yeah. I escaped the storm, so I can't feel better than that, to be honest, yeah. I'm seeing all the posts on Instagram and like TikTok and all this shit, and I'm like, "Yo, I'm so glad I'm not there anymore." Sure, sure. So for people who don't know who Made by Harry is, give us a little idea. Well, Made by Harry, DJ, producer, beatmaker, born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Chillingo speaks Spanish, French, English.

[01:02:56:07 - 01:03:39:11] Spanish at home, obviously. My mom used to say always, "At home, you're gonna speak Spanish. I don't mind if you talk outside, but at home, it's Spanish." How long is "Spañol?" Yeah. "Spañol." You know what? Our parents, like our generation, our parents kept that. Yeah, exactly. Because both of the parents, most of the time, were from the same background, right? Nowadays, there's a lot of mix and matching, so it's very hard to do that, but that's amazing. And another thing for you guys who don't know, Canadians, especially in Montreal, most of us are trailing low. Yeah. You know, we're-- So much background, though. Yeah. All mixed. So many immigrants, so you gotta speak your language, then you have no choice but to learn French, and then English, well, no choice, right? Yeah, exactly. 100%, though.

[01:03:41:07 - 01:04:54:18] So, yeah, to Chillingo, and I do music. I'm actually a beatmaker producer, and now I'm looking forward to put a focus on my DJ career. Mm-hmm. I used to-- I started music with the EDM genre, like electronic dance music. Mm-hmm. So I started with that, and now I was-- after that, actually, I started to know a little bit of my culture, I can't say that, like reggaeton, merengue, hip hop, I mean, all other genres that are not EDM, basically, because I was just so focused on that, right? Mm-hmm. So then after that, I started to produce those types of music, and I brought myself back into the EDM again, and now I need to put my tracks as a DJ outside, you know? There's no a better way to actually promote yourself as a beatmaker when you're a DJ. When you're a DJ, yeah, because you're promoting it. Because you're putting your own music, exactly. You're playing your own music. Exactly, so-- What inspired you to start in this field? Well, what inspires me, to be honest, I don't know if the word inspires the good one, I think it was more influence. Okay. Because my dad, Caravaggio Di Scro, my dad,

[01:04:56:04 - 01:05:12:01] he had the first Latin store, first Latin music store. Okay. One of the first, actually, if I can say that, one of the first Latin stores for music, CDs, all that, in Montreal, basically. Oh, nice. Yeah, the first generation,

[01:05:13:06 - 01:05:23:14] and everybody actually went to see him when new albums released, exactly. Nice. And we grew up in that store, actually.

[01:05:23:14 - 01:05:34:19] But I feel like the Latin culture, like music is in your blood, so you can't avoid it, right? 100%, no matter what, you're going to bring yourself back into it, so like, you know, you need to dance and all that, so

[01:05:34:19 - 01:06:09:06] yeah. There was a Netflix special, I just saw Marcelo Hernandez, is that his name? Do you know him? No. Marcelo Hernandez. Or Fernandez, I think it's Hernandez, I don't know, but he was saying he's Cuban, and he was saying that like, when my mom, when guests would come over, I had to dance to the door, you know? Just so you know I'm Latin, bro. Yeah. You got to check him out, he's funny. So walk me through a process of when you're creating music. Wow.

[01:06:10:08 - 01:06:59:05] I just feel inspired, though. I just had an idea. Most of the time, I start with the drums, so I have a pattern of something. It's rare that actually I get a melody, sometimes I have it, but I'm trying to, I don't know, when I just create it, I go with the flow, but most of the time it's with a drum pattern, already a beat, something that I can just then after put some melodies and stuff, so this is more my pattern of how I create music. Okay, so the drums first. Yeah, exactly. I saw that. Mostly the drums first, but yeah, sometimes it could be melodies. I have a melody, okay, that could be dope, that could be dope, but then after I have to put it in the program and then start to think about the drums and all that, but mostly it's the opposite. Because I am apparently tone deaf, and I have no rhythm or anything like that, I've been told.

[01:07:01:07 - 01:07:16:17] (Laughs) So does it ever become repetitive? How do you get creative so that it's not, you know, because if you like a song or if you like a beat, you tend to lean more towards that. How do you make it so that it's not repetitive all the time?

[01:07:17:19 - 01:07:39:20] Because I know nothing about it, so you know, for someone who doesn't know. Yeah, exactly, but I mean, how can I say this? As a beat maker, you have your own signature, so there's something that will always be there because that's your signature, but you need to not repeat the pattern that you're doing, I mean, not the pattern technically, but how would I say this?

[01:07:41:12 - 01:08:12:04] You just need to know because when you create something, it's done. So when you listen to your music and you do another track, you have to understand that you don't have to do the exactly same thing again. I mean, when we talk about melodies or whatever, just try to break the pattern of what you're doing. So it depends, to be honest, it depends, but I'll just go with the flow most of the time. Yeah, so and I listen to my own music and I'm like, "Don't go there, you already done it." And I try to...

[01:08:12:04 - 01:08:34:03] I see music like a soup, you know? When you have a whole bunch of ingredients. You just add... Oh, this is good. Drop it there, you know? So that's exactly the same way as a produce. I like that. I like that. Yeah. Do you... So when you get inspired, I mean, I'm sure you get inspired throughout the day, you know, it could just happen all of a sudden. When

[01:08:34:03 - 01:08:47:06] is the best time for you to make music? Oh my God. At night. Would you say at night? As a beatmaker, all beatmakers will agree with me. Night is... We're actually... Night is primetime. We're all badlands. Yeah. We live at night.

[01:08:48:20 - 01:08:55:00] Night is the best. That's good. You're focused, you're in your mood. Yeah. I mean, night for me is the best. Is the best thing.

[01:08:56:05 - 01:08:56:08] Have

[01:08:56:08 - 01:08:58:12] you ever scrapped a beat?

[01:08:59:12 - 01:09:35:20] Like, have you ever... You worked on it for so long and then you're just like, "Fuck it, you just let it go. You didn't go back to it. You're just like, "Screw this shit." Yeah, it happens a lot of times, to be honest. But the good thing is that never delete your music. Never delete, yeah. No, just keep it there. Save it, though. Mm-hmm. You never know. Because maybe at that moment you're not inspired. You're just like, "Fuck that. Fuck that." But you need to keep it. You need to save your projects because in a month, when you're vibing and you have a good time, and then you... What is this? And then you press play and then you're like, "Oh, yo, okay, yo, this just inspired me to something." And then you just keep actually working on the track.

[01:09:37:05 - 01:10:44:02] There's a month that just... It just passed. Exactly. Never delete the music. Just keep it there. Sometimes when I take my pictures for work and stuff, I'm like, "Oh, no, this is ugly or whatever. No, I'm not gonna use this." But then sometimes I'm like, "That wasn't that bad of a picture." Or, "I should have kept it." Exactly. You never know. And not only that, not necessarily to maybe... I mean, now we're talking about pictures, but... Yeah, yeah. In music, you can actually go back to it, right? But in a picture, I mean, if the pause is not good, maybe you're not gonna like it, but maybe... I don't know, something about that picture could inspire to another thing after. Something else. Yeah, you're right. So that could be to focus on. So, yeah. Who has been an inspiration for you when it comes to creating beats? Wow. A lot of... I mean, into the world of music, EDM, Dioro. That's my guy. Diora because he's Mexican. I mean, he's Mexican or how Mexican? I don't remember. But, I mean, he's Mexican. I know he's Mexican. You're Mexican? And I'm Mexican, too. Full? No. Okay, half. My dad is Dominican, my mom is Mexican. And I'm born and raised in Montreal, Canada, and I speak French. French.

[01:10:46:00 - 01:10:55:04] (Speaking In French) (Laughter) That means it's cold. It's cold as fuck.

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[01:11:36:09 - 01:11:55:03] So you're saying that your inspiration, that... Yeah, exactly. So just him at the moment? Dioro had Gordo. Gordo is gold also. Gordo means fat. It's actually... Which one? Gordo? Means fat. Oh, no. Yeah, well, I mean, yeah. But right now...

[01:11:56:21 - 01:12:22:00] What's his name right now? Is it... No, it's not Gordo. Yeah, it's Gordo. Before it was Carnage, exactly. Where's my head? Yeah, Carnage before. He was more into like... like... stop step and all that stuff before. But after he went now into more house, Latin house and all that, so... Explain to us what EDM is. Electronic Dance Music. Okay, for those who didn't know... Yeah. For those.

[01:12:24:19 - 01:12:29:09] (Laughter) I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. (Laughter)

[01:12:29:09 - 01:12:29:15] But

[01:12:29:15 - 01:12:33:19] I don't know. Better text your group chat. I don't know. I don't know,

[01:12:33:19 - 01:12:34:01] bitch.

[01:12:34:01 - 01:12:34:13] Fuck.

[01:12:34:13 - 01:12:37:19] I don't know. Go ask Google. Do you know?

[01:12:37:19 - 01:12:51:04] You guys should make a beat on that. Yo, make a beat on that. I was actually thinking about that, bro. Yo, do you have the stems of that? I mean, do you have the audio? Can you send me the audio? I'll send you the audio. Make a beat on that. Let's go. Let's make a beat. I don't know.

[01:12:51:04 - 01:12:52:03] Bitch,

[01:12:52:03 - 01:12:53:07] I don't know.

[01:12:54:10 - 01:12:59:07] Huh? I think we got something. I think we got something. No. Okay, I need to send you that. I'll talk to you later.

[01:12:59:07 - 01:13:11:11] I'll send you my email. I'm not saying here because I'll be receiving a whole bunch of tracks. I got you. I got you. No, no, no. All right. Let's do it, bro. All right. So how would you describe your sound to someone who's never heard your music? Wow.

[01:13:14:00 - 01:14:21:12] Okay. Okay. I bring a lot. My signature, basically, is you always find something that has electronic music influence. Okay. Always. Always, always, always. People used to recognize me through that. Yo, when I listen to that track, I know it's you. Yeah. Because I don't know, but I know it's you. Well, you know, yeah. And probably it's because that flavor of electronic dance music that I always-- Put, the little touch. Exactly. The little ingredient that you put. But the first one, the ingredient that started everything, my career into the beat making, so-- I love it. Yeah. So moments where you get blocked and you're like, oh, man. I mean, we all get blocked when it comes to creating something, right? Sure. Sure. Absolutely. Is there ever a time where you're just like, oh, man, I don't want to do this anymore? Or you get down and you're like, oh, what am I doing? Does that ever happen to you? A lot of times, to be honest. A lot of times. But it's a battle in your head, to be honest. Because in order

[01:14:21:12 - 01:14:41:05] to be successful, you need to be constant. Ooh. Right? That was-- the way you said it, the look on your face, everything about the delivery, was top notch. That was gangsta. Now do a song on that now. No. No, I'm not even joking. Say it again. What was it? In order to be successful, you need to be constant.

[01:14:41:05 - 01:14:58:01] Ta-da. That's the only thing. Not only constant, but I mean, OK, this is something that I tell a lot of people when they're actually getting into something like producing or whatever. Anything. And not only music, but it could be anything.

[01:14:59:13 - 01:16:44:22] When you're able-- when you have the capacity of creating something, you're already talented. Now what makes it good or bad is how much time you spend on your talent. Consistency is key. Consistency. Because I remember myself. I remember myself when I started doing music. I wasn't even-- I didn't have any knowledge about the musical theory, which is actually melodies and chords. It sounds good. This chord sounds good. I was just like-- I opened the program and I was like, just putting melodies to just put melodies. And I was hearing my music and I'm like, yo, OK, this is fun. But it wasn't good. I mean, I didn't-- at the moment, I didn't realize myself that it was bad. I was just able to create something. I just did something. I'm like, oh, yo, this is dope. OK, I'm feeling this. I'm not vibing this. Yeah. But what makes it good or bad is how much time you spend on it after that you're capable of doing that. Do you still have your first beat that you ever made? Damn. If you were to listen to that right now, what would it be? Like, oh-- You don't even have any idea of how many laptops I had in my life. Really? I went through like maybe four or five through my whole career. Wow. And I just scrapped that. I mean, let's start from scratch. Yeah. A new beginning of myself. You know, it's-- oh, my God. I love it. Yeah. If a big artist were to hear your beats tomorrow, who would you want it to be and why? Oh, my God. Because there's so-- there's so many branches, like if I can say like that, into the music-- electronic dance music, I will say Dioro. I will be, oof, my guy. But into the Latin industry, to be honest, I don't know, maybe like tiny big producer.

[01:16:47:02 - 01:17:56:04] Actually, I already have good friends of mine that are already into the industry already, like big names, like Diamond Beats. He's one of my guys. OK. He brought me to Columbia in 2016 to actually live the experience of the musical producer into the, if I can say, the highest level. OK. I worked the tracks with like big names in Columbia due to him, like Kevin Rodang, Brian Myers, Polaco, Nyan Go Flo, a track called "Cirillas," Como Vida Almedeti, Noriel. I mean, big names. So I had already that experience into that world, which is actually crazy, to be honest, when I'm really a Lat-- When you think about it, yeah. That's crazy. But yeah, into the Latin world, I will say Tiny will be a good vibe to actually be in studio with him, definitely. Nice. But yeah. Manifest it, baby. Yeah, always. I'm working with Tiny right now. There you go. There you go. There you go. I love it. Let's do it. Does your music sound different depending on your mood? Like, let's say you're heartbroken. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know does that play into-- 100%. 100%.

[01:17:57:09 - 01:18:01:11] 100%. And it's a good thing because it avoids you to do stupid things.

[01:18:02:14 - 01:18:14:05] Focus on the music. Don't go do anything else. Everything crazy you have in mind at that moment, but I'll just open my laptop and I'll just be like-- Put it into a beat. Don't go on. If I'm mad, listen to this. Holy shit, OK. You're mad.

[01:18:16:19 - 01:18:17:22] Yeah. Oh my God.

[01:18:19:09 - 01:19:05:15] So I know that when it comes to creating content or whatever it is, music, videos, you know, videos, YouTube, whatever, it has happened to me where I've accidentally deleted my footage. Damn. Has that ever happened to you? No. You've never done that? No, no, no, no, no. OK, so you're good. You know who it happened? To Medi, though. It happened to Medi? When we say footage, let's say the hard drive. OK. Oh my God. When you got all your library and everything. I think he told us that. Didn't he tell us that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's wild, man. He lost his hard drive, but he found it. It was in Miami or something. No, no, not that time when he came here. In the beginnings, though. Oh, really?

[01:19:07:04 - 01:19:44:13] Yeah. Yeah. The hard drive was... That's like my worst nightmare. It's like you find yourself with nothing again. And then you need to... Ask me if I lose everything, bro. I'll be like, fuck that. I'll be just like, am I going to just be doing the same music? I mean, not doing the same music, but I might just be a producer again. Because I'm like, I need to start everything from scratch. Scratch. Yo, no, my God. That's why you need to keep copies. Don't do the same mistake that I did. Exactly. But he's good. I mean, I've deleted videos. I've deleted content. Bruh. Bruh. Look, it happens to the best of us. It does. Why are videos? I don't know. I don't know.

[01:19:44:13 - 01:19:45:11] Bitch,

[01:19:45:11 - 01:19:46:15] I don't know.

[01:19:48:09 - 01:19:48:23] Oh, fuck.

[01:19:48:23 - 01:19:58:14] It's my fault, but I'm like, go ask Google. We learn from our mistakes, though. So tell us something that people would be surprised to know about you. Oof.

[01:20:00:07 - 01:20:00:19] Bonsoir.

[01:20:01:20 - 01:20:10:23] Exactly. Bonsoir. Is this the question? What would be something people would be surprised to know about you? To know about me. Yeah.

[01:20:12:02 - 01:20:13:21] I never thought about that. Oh.

[01:20:14:23 - 01:20:20:08] Something that people would be surprised to know about me. I'll go. Okay, I got it.

[01:20:21:09 - 01:20:24:14] That I'm 34 years old. Oh. Holy shit, you look younger.

[01:20:27:01 - 01:20:47:08] I was going to give you some help because that one, it was all right. It wasn't that good. But I'm double jointed from my shoulders. So I've had a cop put handcuffs on me and I could bring my arms back. I can't do it now because of my condition. But I could bring, you know, I'm double jointed here.

[01:20:48:09 - 01:20:51:21] One day when I'll be healed. Why are you looking at me like that?

[01:20:53:14 - 01:21:28:12] Why are you looking at me like that? Because I was going to tell you the show, but no, I can't show. No, that's what I'm saying. My condition. I'm still healing. I'm in the process of one at once. I'm healed on the next episode. No, no. So we still got to wait a little bit. Oh my God. So Harry, thank you so much for coming. Hey, that was amazing. I'm so happy to see you again. Yeah. I don't know. We're going to have to work on something. Absolutely. Absolutely. Actually, I think we got something. I think we do. Theo told me he will be sending me the files. You need to send me the files. Oh yeah, I will. I will. I'll be watching you, bro. Today, bro. I'll send you everything today.

[01:21:29:19 - 01:21:38:18] Thank you guys for joining us today. That is today. That is all for today's episode and we'll see you next week. Made by Harry. What was. Thank you guys.

[01:21:39:22 - 01:21:40:02] Yes.

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